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Tracheostomy prevalence at Skilled Nursing Facilities
Pulmonology, 2020 The incidence of chronically ill subjects with prolonged mechanical ventilation has significantly increased over the last decade. Many patients get discharge to Skilled Nursing Facilities with an artificial airway, which do not have the means to properly progress on weaning. In Portugal this prevalence is unknown.
F. Pereira +4 more
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Comparison of costs of home and facility-based basic obstetric care in rural Bangladesh. [PDF]
, 2010 This study compared the costs of providing antenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the home and in a basic obstetric facility in rural Bangladesh. The average costs were estimated by interviewing midwives and from institutional records.
N Sabina +11 more
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Lessons learned from COVID‐19 outbreak in a skilled nursing facility, Washington State
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020 Long‐term care facilities have been identified as a local epicenter of disease among populations vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). A skilled nursing facility in Washington State was the first major site of COVID‐19 infections in the ...
Stephen C. Morris +4 more
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Increasing Skilled Nursing Facility Authorization Requests on Weekends
, 2023 The goal of the evidence-based project was to increase skilled nursing facility (SNF) authorization requests on the weekends. Saturday and Sunday authorization requests were increased during the project period from 1.3% of the total authorizations to 7.2%
Brinkley, Rachel
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Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 2022 The need for communication and collaboration increases when an older patient is discharged from the hospital, as the transition of care is complex for older patients living with multiple concurrent diseases.
Sanne Have Beck, Dorthe Susanne Nielsen
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The costs/benefits of opening a skilled nursing facility at Naval Hospital, San Diego [PDF]
, 1992 The objective of this study was to determine whether it would be cost-beneficial for Naval Hospital, San Diego to open a skilled nursing facility. Subsidiary purposes of the study were: (1) to determine if there is a need for skilled nursing care, (2 ...
Bruhn, David D.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Despite the success of stroke rehabilitation services, differences in service utilization exist. Some patients with stroke may travel across regions to receive necessary care prescribed by their physician.
Julianna M. Dean +6 more
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, 2022 Background: Fall rate was assessed at Lorien Health Services-Bulle Rock, and it was discovered that 67% of falls were in connection to patients' toileting without assistance from nursing staff.
Asoluka, Nkechinyere.
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SARS-CoV-2 entry into and evolution within a skilled nursing facility
Scientific Reports, 2023 SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the family Coronaviridae which includes multiple human pathogens that have an outsized impact on aging populations. As a novel human pathogen, SARS-CoV-2 is undergoing continuous adaptation to this new host species and there is ...
Nicole R. Sexton +8 more
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Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 Candida auris is a fungal organism resistant to several classes of antifungals. Since its identification in 2009, it has gained worldwide attention in healthcare for its virulence and resistance to commonly used antifungal therapeutics. Although its origin and mechanisms of transmission are not fully elucidated, it is widely recognized as a high ...
Philip S. Yune +3 more
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